Not everyone celebrates “Thanks Giving” – that’s typically an American holiday. But, most cultures have some sort of Harvest festival. Be safe! Have fun! Enjoy your festivities, and here’s a few tips and info…
- Need tips and help with your Turkey? Go to the Butterball Website!
- Thanksgiving is celebrated in the U.S. every 4th Thursday of November
- A 20 pound Turkey takes 5 days to thaw in your refrigerator.
- Or 10 hours in room-temperature water.
- Turkey contains a chemical called “Tryptophan”
- You could not ingest enough Tryptophan to make you sleepy.
- You get tired from the amount of food you’re eating. Not just turkey.
- The song “Over the River and Through the Wood” is actually a Thanksgiving song.
- Hear the song here.. (YouTube Video)
- American Football appeared on TV for Thanksgiving, for the first time in 1956
- The Detroit Lions have played more Thanksgiving Day football games than any other NFL team.
- The first Thanksgiving in America actually occurred in 1541, when Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his expedition held a thanksgiving celebration in Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas panhandle
